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Hilary Scott writes this about "Hypothermia":

"Listening to Hypothermia takes me back to a time when I had to drive so far to get to a studio I could afford, that I never rescheduled sessions, even when I was ill. It reminds me that there was once a time when a "productive session" meant getting half of the album finished in four hours, and when recording never-before-attempted versions of songs and declaring them "done" after one take was a common occurrence.

Would these songs sound differently if recorded now? Of course, and that is precisely why I did not re-record them before releasing them. Certainly there would be more polish and more maturity to the sound, but perhaps much less sincerity as well.

Mostly these songs remind me of the very real emotions and sometimes fanciful stories that led me to fall in love with songwriting. Some of these songs are so personal, they may never be performed publicly, and some of these songs have and will appear on other albums as full-band versions.

But with some coaxing from those who know me best, and perhaps from those who know just enough to not let me talk myself out of taking a risk, I've decided that these songs can and should be heard.

Folk lovers will probably find that these songs make me more qualified to call myself a "folk" artist. But that is why I do not call myself anything unless absolutely forced to.

I feel compelled to deal with issues, sometimes of politics, but usually of the heart, and always in writing. It just so happens I like to put a tune to my thoughts. So with open ears and open minds, may you find something to appreciate in this album.

My thanks go out to Mike Robertson for inadvertently reminding me that just because a songs seems dated to the artist, that doesn't mean it isn't still relevant.

Thank you also to Robert Parks, the original engineer who gave us some great tracks from which the essential honesty and rawness of the album comes."

Rocket Kirchner praises Hypothermia:

"Hypothermia --by Hilary Scott . Very few artists can put out a record like this , and usually [if they do, it is only by] accident ... When you think of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith you think of artists that take you under the radar. Hypothermia takes you even beneath that, into that weird world of white that the Antarctica explorers refer too . Scott is stripped down to one voice and one guitar, blurring the lines between dissonance and consonance both aesthetically and emotionally . This record is a full-on implosion ...the listener is suspended in melancholy and hypnotized relentlessly. There is no letting up on this disc, folks . And because of that, some people might only give it a once-around and then shelve it until they need solace .Big mistake . Listen to it about 10 times and you will be hooked . I have always liked Scott's music and some [of her] songs reach moments of greatness . [This album] is great . In fact it is better than great . It is a diary of unprecedented greatness in the world of music . It is pure , resolute , paradoxical , and confusing . It is untainted by effort , or calculation, or goal . It is young raw talent accidentally expressed . It is so cold it burns ."